Knightstown schools put on lockdown after threat

6:15 PM,
Sep. 27, 2013

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Andrew Walker
The Star Press

Police say a Knightstown man has been arrested after using social media to threaten several area school systems.

According to Henry County Sheriff Butch Baker, Jackson Messer, 20, has been jailed on a preliminary charge of intimidation, a Class D felony.

All Henry County schools and other school systems in Rush and Hancock counties were on lockdown for a period of time Friday morning while officers investigated the threats, Baker told The Star Press. ...